Sentence examples for more flexible standards from inspiring English sources

Some regulators, possibly in the United States, might set slightly more flexible standards.

Basically, the new code sets up more flexible standards for rehabilitation based on safety risks, what the building will be used for and the extent of the work.

The Supreme Court ruling, in KSR International Co. v. Teleflex, set more flexible standards for courts to decide whether a patent meets the legal requirement for not being "obvious".

He noted that the city had provided alternative, more flexible standards in higher density residential zones through its quality housing program and said the same could be done in the zones used for attached single-family housing.

Citing the "fragile state" of the housing market, the bureau said it would allow new mortgages to meet more flexible standards for affordability during a phase-in period of up to seven years.

The commission endorsed more flexible standards of ad mission, coupled with compen satory programs, so that stu dents of potential college abil ity could overcome the effects of early educational depriva tion.

The other would change the six-month rule to a more flexible standard based on the patient's condition.

And Pentagon officials said today that they were devising regulations that were likely to include a more flexible standard for evidence than civilian trials would accept.

The court declined to establish criteria for parenthood in relationships in which one partner or spouse is not the biological parent, saying a more flexible standard could invite claims of parental rights by people who have no business raising them.

Under the Senate bill, the defense secretary would instead need find only that steps have been taken to substantially mitigate any risk that a released detainee would engage in terrorist activity after being freed and that such a transfer was in the national security interests of the United States – the same more flexible standard he must meet under current law to issue a waiver.

In the ongoing regulatory proceeding, the electronics association has argued such a move would legally restrict innovation and is pushing for a more flexible standard.